LockRack Series-X Surfski Adjustable Watersport Carrier - Side Loading - Universal Mount

Video Transcript for An In-Depth Look at the LockRack Series-X Surfski Adjustable Watersport Carrier

Hi everybody, Andy here with etrailer.com and today we're going to take a look at this Lockrack Adjustable Surf Ski Carrier. This adjustable water sport carrier is going to let you transport one surf ski on your roof rack without straps. Now this does feature expandable bases and arms that can be adjusted to fit various widths. So right here at our smallest configuration, let me go ahead and give you the overall width that this is going to be set at at the smallest configuration. So as you can see, we are sitting pretty close to 18 and a half inches wide on the smallest configuration. And then on this one I have the bases fully expanded and the arms fully extended.

And so looking at the overall width there, we're sitting right at about 33 inches wide. So you have a range from about 18 and a half inches, all the way up to 33 inches of width. And the overall height from the base to the top of the ratcheting arms are sitting at about 13 and three quarter inches tall. Now these rubber coated ratcheting arms are going to hold your gear securely at four touch points. And so that's going to really eliminate the need for load straps while also protecting your gear from scuffs and scratches during transport.

This does feature an integrated locking system to secure your gear to the carrier. And as you can see here, it does include these four plastic keys that are going to fit into the locking mechanisms. And you're just going to give that a simple twist, like so. And then that's going to allow you to freely move the arm back and forth. So you can bring it out a little bit and then you can take that key out and then push that in (metal clicking) as you secure your gear to your rack until you get that really nice tight fit.

The arm can also be removed. So I'm going to go ahead and re-insert my key, give it a twist. And as you can see, the arm can come completely out. That's going to allow you to easily load your surf ski onto the rack from the side of your vehicle. And then when you have that in position you can just slide this arm back into place (metal snapping) and you can hear again that ratcheting mechanism.

And I'm going to push it all the way in, (metal snapping) just like that. And then that's going to be nice and secure for you. So it's a pretty simple operation, as you can see. Now, these arms can also be set in a flat position and I just want to give you a brief demonstration of that. So on this end, the locking mechanism is on the rear side. So I just want to go ahead and remove this ratcheting arm. And I wanted to show you here, this hole. And what that hole is for is when you lay this flat and that hole will then engage with the locking mechanism here. So you won't have to worry about the arm sliding out when this is laid flat. So I'm just going to put this in the flat position, slide this in, and now it is locked into that flat position. And just to give you a better idea of what this is going to look like, I have a picture on your screen showing you what this rack is going to look like when you have these arms in the flat position. Because of space limitations, I really can't demonstrate that for you on my table. So I hope that picture kind of gives you an idea of what this is going to look like flat on top of your vehicle. So let me go ahead and unlock this arm that's in the flat position. Pull that all the way out, remove our key, and I'll just slide this back in. (metal clicking) And again, you hear that ratcheting mechanism. And then I'll just put it as we had it here at the most compressed, if you will, position. So, if you also notice here, we've already talked about these rubberized arms. This also has a rubberized strip on top of these bases and that's going to give you cushioning and slip resistance as you're transporting your surf ski. And this features a a lightweight aluminum construction, so it is corrosion resistant. And this weighs all together about 17 pounds and the carrier itself has a weight capacity of 175 pounds. So you just want to make sure that you do not exceed your vehicle's weight specifications or weight capacity for the roof. You want to make sure you don't exceed your roof weight capacity. Now, we do provide this carrier in two options and what I have here will easily install into most crossbars with the top accessory channels. But we do also offer this with a universal crossbar adapter. And that adapter will let you mount this on round, square, arrow, elliptical, and most factory crossbars. So whichever version would work best for you, I have that item number on your screen. And so you can take the item number either for the channel mount if that's going to work best for you or for the universal crossbar adapter. Take that item number, put in the search field of our website and that will take you to the version of this carrier you are looking for. Well, that's going to conclude our brief look today. I do hope that it was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.